CORPSESSEDAbysmal ThresholdsDark Descent (2014)Rating: 8.5/10 Finland’s Corpsessed are a frightening bunch to say the least. The quintet have been rather quiet since forming in 2007, but with two EPs under their belt I was waiting with baited breath for their debut offering and boy was it worth that wait. Abysmal Thresholds is a really gloomy […]

SAMMATHGodless Arrogance Hammerheart (2014)Rating: 7.5/10 Slashing, stabbing, hacking and cutting their way through the stereo speakers, the ferocious beast that is Sammath reaches album number five. It’s been five years since the destructive qualities of 2009’s Triumph In Hatred, but isn’t it wonderful to have this lethal Dutch bunch back, projecting vomit all over our […]

RISE OF TYRANTSTrauma Buil2Kill (2014)Rating: 7/10 This is Italian death metal with a slight difference. Although I’m not often convinced by a majority of death metal bands, Rise Of Tyrants are clearly trying to add a touch of melody and, dare I say it, originality to their sound, and not succumb to too many modern […]

BEHEMOTH Release Tenth Studio Album ‘The Satanist’ February 3rd, 2014 Polish blackened death metal group Behemoth issued tenth full-length studio album The Satanist on February 3rd, 2014 in the United Kingdom through Nuclear Blast Records and in Poland via Mystic Production, while Metal Blade Records scheduled North American release for the 4th. Japanese issue occurred […]

BEHEMOTHThe Satanist Nuclear Blast (2014)Rating: 8.5/10 Unholy crap. It seems a long time since Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic) rasped my ears. Sure, it was back in 1995 when that grim expression ruled the wasteland as part of the vile black metal wave, but how Behemoth has progressed has become a rather remarkable journey. Like […]

FORCE OF DARKNESSAbsolute Verb Of Chaos And Darkness EP Iron Pegasus (2014)Rating: 8/10 When it comes to lethal fucking metal, the continent of South America has to be one of the most consistently hostile. As a nation of metalheads, it is a continent that revels in the darkness of the underground and throughout the decades […]

MASQUERA DI FERROReflection Self-released (2014)Rating: 5/10 The moniker of this Greek band roughly translates as “The Man In The Iron Mask”, but as melodic metal goes, this debut six-track release lacks any sort of iron-like quality. Masquera Di Ferro is a quintet formed in 2012, the current line-up coming together in 2013. The band features […]